5, Oriel Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House.

5, Oriel Street

WRENN ID
kindled-ledge-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
House
OS grid reference
SP 515 061
Coordinates
51.75209, -1.25403
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 5 on Oriel Street is an early 18th-century house that stands five stories tall. It is constructed with a timber frame and has a stucco finish, featuring cellars and a shop front adorned with a modillioned cornice and panelled pilaster strips. The first and second floors each have three sash windows with glazing bars set in moulded wood frames. Above the second floor, there is a moulded cornice. The top two stories were added later and each has two sash windows. Inside, the house includes an original staircase. This property is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 7 on Oriel Square and Nos 1 to 10 and No 12 on Oriel Street.

Local climate

5, Oriel Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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